PT-2025-53125 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2022-10-25 · Updated 2026-04-20 · CVE-2022-50759

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak exists in the Linux kernel related to the V4L2 fwnode data structure. Specifically, the V4L2 fwnode data is not freed during unbind operations, resulting in a memory leak.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-04192

CVE-2022-50759

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 17

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50759.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50759 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50759 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-50759 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-04192 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50759 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50759 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50759 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50759 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50759 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c95770e4fc172696dcb1450893cda7d6324d96fc · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a54b72868930f07935accaf95ec4df639324940 · Note
• https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.16 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2004294898749501856 · Twitter Post